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Writing an e-mail in code
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| Sheldon 2006-03-29, 6:56 pm |
| I am using VB6 and have several programs running unattended (no forms, no
user interaction). How do I send an email when (if) the program encounters
an error that forces abnormal termination?
Thanks
Sheldon
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| Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB] 2006-03-29, 6:56 pm |
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"Sheldon" <Sheldon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:917DE4C8-7488-448A-9AAE-FD3591D9910F@microsoft.com...
>I am using VB6 and have several programs running unattended (no forms, no
> user interaction). How do I send an email when (if) the program
> encounters
> an error that forces abnormal termination?
If by "abnormal termination" you mean that the program detects what it
considers a fatal error and shuts itself down, then you would send email
like you would any other time. I recommend looking into the CDO library.
If you mean "user uses Task Manager to end your program's process" then
there's nothing you can do about that.
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"Sheldon" <Sheldon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:917DE4C8-7488-448A-9AAE-FD3591D9910F@microsoft.com...
> I am using VB6 and have several programs running unattended (no forms, no
> user interaction). How do I send an email when (if) the program
encounters
> an error that forces abnormal termination?
>
> Thanks
>
> Sheldon
The key here is "abnormal termination" - if it something the app can detect,
as Jeff noted, as something "that might happen" then OK. But if things are
truly out-of-control - attempting to spawn, shell or load something else -
may not be possible.
You may need to take a look at some sort of WatchDog Timer.
-ralph
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| Nobody 2006-03-30, 6:56 pm |
| If it is something you can catch in your error handler, then maybe use
vbSendMail. I use it
for something similar to this.
"Sheldon" <Sheldon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:917DE4C8-7488-448A-9AAE-FD3591D9910F@microsoft.com...
>I am using VB6 and have several programs running unattended (no forms, no
> user interaction). How do I send an email when (if) the program
> encounters
> an error that forces abnormal termination?
>
> Thanks
>
> Sheldon
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